Food Police A Well-Fed Manifesto about the Politics of Your Plate

Name: Food Police A Well-Fed Manifesto about the Politics of Your Plate
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ISBN: 9780307987037

ISBN-10: 0307987035

ISBN-13: 9780307987037

Edition: 2013

Authors: Jayson Lusk

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A rollicking indictment of the liberal elite's hypocrisy when it comes to food.Ban trans-fats? Outlaw Happy Meals? Tax Twinkies? What's next? Affirmative action for cows? A catastrophe is looming. Farmers are raping the land and torturing animals. Food is riddled with deadly pesticides, hormones and foreign DNA. Corporate farms are wallowing in government subsidies. Meat packers and fast food restaurants are exploiting workers and tainting the food supply. And Paula Deen has diabetes! Something must be done. So says an emerging elite in this country who think they know exactly what we should grow, cook and eat. They are the food police. Taking on the commandments and…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/16/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 8.58" wide x 5.71" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English



A Skeptical Foodie


The Price of Piety


From Cops to Robbers: A Brief History of Food Progressivism


Are You Smart Enough to Know What to Eat?


The Fashion Food Police: Organic-the Status Food


Franken-Fears


The Follies of Farm Policy


The Thin Logic of Fat Taxes


The Locavore's Dilemma


The Future of Food


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index